Activist Muhammed Desai says he is still going to take Virgin Active to the SA Human Rights Commission and the Equality Court, even though he has been given permission to wear his BDS “pro-Palestine” T-shirt in its gyms.

A pro-Palestine activist who was allegedly kicked out of a Virgin Active gym in Johannesburg over a T-shirt he was wearing says he will be going to the SA Human Rights Commission and the Equality Court.

Items of clothing are not banned from Virgin Active branches but members must exercise tolerance and respect for others, the gym group has said after one of its members said he was kicked out for wearing a pro-Palestine T-shirt.

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